scholarly journals PENDEKATAN GROUP WORK DALAM PRAKTIK PEKERJAAN SOSIAL: PENGALAMAN PEKERJA SOSIAL DI LEMBAGA KESEJAHTERAAN SOSIAL (LKS) DI INDONESIA

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 123-129
Author(s):  
Siti Napsiyah ◽  
Ahmad Zaky
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Group Work ◽  
Group Process ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Group Development ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Google Scholar ◽  
Cultural Issues ◽  
Work Method

Abstract. Group work in social work practice is one of methods for social workers’ intervention to help the client to cope with their social problems. This research aims to discuss the importance of group work method in social work practices: How they use group work methods, what are the steps of group development process; what are ethical and cultural issues occur during the process? Research method used is qualitative method. Data collection of the research is throughout interview as well as online survey. This research uses also document analysis throughout search engine such as google scholar and google form. The result of the study shows that group work becomes strategic method for social workers to help the client to solve their problems. This study also confirms social workers in social welfare institutions (LKS) in Indonesia are mostly use group work method. Interestingly, this research discuss the issue of cultural and religious ethics in the context of group process in Muslim group and community.   Abstrak. Pendekatan group work dalam praktik pekerjaan sosial merupakan salah satu pendekatan yang menjadi andalan praktik profesi pekerja sosial dalam memberikan pertolongan kepada klien (individu, kelompok, komunitas, dan organisasi) dalam menyelesaikan masalah. Penelitian ini berusaha untuk menjelaskan tentang metode group work dalam praktik pekerjaan sosial, bagaimana pekerja sosial menggunakan metode group work dalam menyelesaikan permasalahan klien, bagaimana dinamika kelompok muncul dalam proses group work, dan mendiskusikan tentang bagaimana isu etik dan sensitivitas budaya muncul saat proses pelaksanaan group work. Jenis penelitian yang dipilih adalah penelitian kualitatif deskriptif. Studi dokumentasi dilakukan dengan menelusuri sumber-sumber pada mesin pengindeks dan data base yang mendukung open access, seperti google cendekia (google scholar), academia.edu, dan lain-lain. Penelitian juga dilakukan dengan menggunakan survey kepada pekerja sosial melalui google form. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa metode group work dinilai sebagai pendekatan yang sangat penting bagi pekerja sosial dalam menyelesaikan permasalah sosial yang bersifat kelompok. Hasil penelitian ini juga menunjukkan bahwa dalam proses pelasaksanaan metode group work terdapat dinamika kelompok dan sensitivitas sosial dan agama. Sehingga isu integrasi keilmuan, keislaman dan keindonesiaan menjadi menarik dalam diskusi paper ini.

scholarly journals Practice in a Pandemic: School Social Workers’ Adaptations and Experiences During the 2020 COVID-19 School Disruptions

2021 ◽  
pp. 104438942110098
Author(s):  
Michael S. Kelly ◽  
Rami Benbenishty ◽  
Gordon Capp ◽  
Kate Watson ◽  
Ron Astor
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
School Social Work ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Virtual School ◽  
School Social Workers ◽  
Traditional Practice

In March 2020, as American PreK-12 schools shut down and moved into online learning in response to the global COVID-19 pandemic, there was little information about how school social workers (SSWs) were responding to the crisis. This study used a national online survey to understand how SSWs ( N = 1,275) adapted their school practice during the initial 2020 COVID-19 crisis. Findings from this study indicate that SSWs made swift and (relatively) smooth adaptations of their traditional practice role to the new context, though not without reporting considerable professional stress and personal challenges doing so. SSWs reported significant concerns about their ability to deliver effective virtual school social work services given their students’ low motivation and lack of engagement with online learning, as well as significant worries about how their students were faring during the first months of the pandemic. Implications for school social work practice, policy, and research are discussed.

Group Work Orientation in the Contemporary Summer Camp

Not Just Play ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 165-176
Author(s):  
Meryl Nadel
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Group Work ◽  
Summer Camp ◽  
Group Development ◽  
Social Work Students ◽  
Leadership Role ◽  
Work Orientation ◽  
Work Skills ◽  
Group Workers

“Group Work Orientation in the Contemporary Summer Camp” addresses current literature and implications for practice. In recent years, camp social workers have published articles and presented at professional conferences. Among the areas of interest are the following: mission and purpose as applied to camps, intentional use of activities (including nondeliberative practice) as a means to an end, the mutual aid process as an inherent part of camp life, stages of group development as important knowledge for camp personnel, social workers’ leadership role in training and supervising camp staff, and social justice as a core value conveyed by social work-oriented camps. This chapter also describes the unique Group Work Camp, the creation of social group workers intended to educate social work students and new professionals as well as refreshing experienced practitioners. The camp utilizes experiential education to enhance group work skills. The chapter includes one vignette.

scholarly journals Regulation and inspection of social work: costly distraction or stimulus to improve?

Social Work ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 37-58
Author(s):  
David N. Jones
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Child Protection ◽  
Psychiatric Hospitals ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Experiential Knowledge ◽  
Service Users ◽  
Safety Considerations ◽  
Work Method

Has social work practice changed so much in the last fifty years that it is no longer recognisable as social work? This question is discussed and illustrated by accounts of personal experience. There has been a retrograde move from theory-based to policy-based practice, with accompanying proceduralisation, and a concentration in child and family social work on child protection, with a similar narrowing-down of work with adults to assessment. Foregrounding of safety considerations in descriptions of what social workers do has accompanied increasing numbers of care orders and formal admissions to psychiatric hospitals. On the other hand, more, although by no means enough, attention is now paid to the experiential knowledge of service users. There have been various positive developments in social work method, perhaps as reactions to the perception that previous methods were too much influenced by psychoanalytic theory. These include task-centred practice, which both requires and engenders a collaborative user-worker relationship. In the C21st there has been a shift from a deficit-based to a strengths-based approach. What has remained constant is the commitment of so many social workers to practise in accordance with the values of their profession. Whether or not collective activity and campaigning can form part of practice itself, they are greatly needed.

scholarly journals Social Work Luminaries: Luminaries Contributing to the Clarification and Elaboration of Social Work Practice and Theory

Social Work ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorraine M. Gutiérrez ◽  
Larry E. Davis ◽  
Charles D. Garvin
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Group Work ◽  
Community Organization ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
The United States ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Theory ◽  
The Social

Oxford Bibliographies in Social Work includes three articles describing the scholarly writings of a select group of deceased social workers who have been especially prominent and influential in the profession within the United States. These individuals are referred to social work luminaries. These three bibliographical articles can be used to identify the publications of prominent individuals who have been most influential in the development of social work; these individuals are identified by first reviewing the biographies of significant social workers from the Encyclopedia of Social Work and obituaries collected by the Council on Social Work Education since the publication of the Encyclopedia of Social Work. From this list come the biographical material and publications, with the most prominent luminaries for each of the three articles. For each luminary is provided a brief biographical overview and one to five annotated citations of their most important publications. Respectively, the three articles describe the publications of luminaries: (1) who were involved in the founding and creation of the social work profession in the United States during the late 19th and early 20th centuries; (2) who, subsequently, contributed to the clarification and elaboration of social work practice and theory; and (3) who contributed to social work theory and scholarship in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. This article presents the luminaries who wrote primarily between the 1920s and 1960s. They were aware of the pioneer work of other luminaries who created the profession of social work and began the process of creating its theoretical, ethical, and historical foundations. During these four decades, these luminaries added to the theoretical foundation of social work while also leading the expansion of social work into many new areas. This resulted in scholarship related to different sizes of service systems (individuals, groups, families, communities); new settings for social work; and the evolution of university-based education and training for social workers. During this period, luminaries fell into several categories in terms of their contributions to the evolution of social work scholarship. One category was the development of each of the social work methods as now conceived. These consisted then of Casework (e.g., Interviewing: Its Principles and Methods, Theory and Practice of Social Casework, Social Casework: A Problem-Solving Process, A Functional Approach to Family Casework, and Common Human Needs [i.e., individual work]); Group Work (e.g., Group Work with American Youth: A Guide to the Practice of Leadership, Essentials of Social Group Skill, and Social Group Work Practice: The Creative Use of Social Process); and Community Organization (e.g., Community Organization for Social Welfare, Community Action against Poverty: Readings from the Mobilization Experience, Community Organization and Social Planning, and An Overview of the Community Organization Curriculum Development Project and Its Recommendations). A second category is the adaptation of social work for different fields of service—notably rehabilitation, health, mental health, corrections, and child welfare. Some luminaries during that time were devoting themselves to developing methods for social work research and the advancement of social work theory. Other luminaries focused on considering social work approaches to Policy development. Finally, some luminaries at that time were thinking of applications for different ethnic groups, primarily Jewish and African Americans. The following is a presentation of luminaries under these categories and some of their major scholarly publications.

scholarly journals Who owns the case record? Client access to case records in Canadian social work practice

2018 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
pp. 337-350
Author(s):  
Marina Morgenshtern ◽  
Nilan Yu
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Professional Practice ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Case Record ◽  
The Core ◽  
Core Issue

This study looked into client access to their case records routinely maintained by social workers in the course of professional practice. An online survey and semi-structured interviews were undertaken with Canadian social workers. The study found that while the majority of the participants indicated that they granted clients access to their case records, clients were not effectively granted such access in practice. Client access to their case records is a core issue in social work, and social workers need to proactively grant such access if they are to live by the core values of social work.

scholarly journals Changing practice: The possibilities and limits for reshaping social work practice

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 577-593 ◽  
Author(s):  
Siobhan E Laird ◽  
Kate Morris ◽  
Philip Archard ◽  
Rachael Clawson
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Performance Management ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Family Practice ◽  
Child Protection ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Intensive Training

Since 2010, the United Kingdom has witnessed a number of initiatives that shift away from reliance on performance management to improve social work with children and families, towards a renewed interest in practice models. This study reports on the evaluation of a local government programme in England to introduce and embed systemic family practice through the roll out of intensive training to social workers and frontline managers. It was anticipated through the programme that child protection social workers would undertake more direct work with families and build more positive relationships, resulting in a fall in the number of child protection plans and children experiencing repeat periods of care. The evaluation adopted a mixed-method approach encompassing an online survey of social workers, interviews with team managers and family members, a case audit and statistical analysis of local level metrics. It found limited employment of systemic family practice or improvement due to the programme. Adopting the 7 S framework, this study examines the barriers to and facilitators of successful change and identifies generic considerations for change programmes in child protection social work.

Embodied connections: Engaging the body in group work

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 268-285 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alissa Kimmell ◽  
Annemarie Gockel
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Group Work ◽  
Group Process ◽  
Therapeutic Potential ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
The United States ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
The Body ◽  
Present Moment ◽  
Potential Benefits

Group work is a key modality in social work practice. In this study, we sought to explore how the growing trend toward body-oriented psychotherapy is being integrated into group work, and to identify the potential significance of this trend for social work practice with groups. We conducted in-depth interviews with 20 practitioners engaged in developing this emerging form of practice across the United States, and used thematic analysis to identify how integrating body-oriented psychotherapy may impact the nature and practice of group work from their perspectives. The overarching theme identified was that using body-oriented psychotherapy serves to Deepen the Group Process and Enhance the Therapeutic Potential of Group. This overarching theme was supported by four subthemes that describe how participants used body-oriented psychotherapy to enrich their group work. These subthemes include Coming into the Present Moment, Accessing the Body’s Unconscious Knowing, Regulating Affect and Facilitating Working Through, and Enhancing Interpersonal Connection. We discuss how these findings fit with existing research on group work and body-oriented psychotherapy, and describe how they reflect recent neurobiological models of therapeutic change. We also identify potential benefits and limitations to using body-oriented psychotherapy in group work, and outline key considerations for responding to this emerging trend in the profession at large.

scholarly journals Death, dying and bereavement care during COVID-19: Creativity in hospital social work practice

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 131-137
Author(s):  
Mim Fox ◽  
Joanna McIlveen ◽  
Elisabeth Murphy
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Hospital Setting ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Bereavement Support ◽  
Hospital System ◽  
Hospital Social Work ◽  
Complicating Factors ◽  
Bereavement Care

Bereavement support and conducting viewings for grieving family members are commonplace activities for social workers in the acute hospital setting, however the risks that COVID-19 has brought to the social work role in bereavement care has necessitated the exploration of creative alternatives. Social workers are acutely aware of the complicating factors when bereavement support is inadequately provided, let alone absent, and with the aid of technology and both individual advocacy, social workers have been able to continue to focus on the needs of the most vulnerable in the hospital system. By drawing on reflective journaling and verbal reflective discussions amongst the authors, this article discusses bereavement support and the facilitation of viewings as clinical areas in which hospital social work has been observed adapting practice creatively throughout the pandemic.

scholarly journals Emotional intelligence as a part of critical reflection in social work practice and research

2021 ◽  
pp. 147332502110247
Author(s):  
Mari D Herland
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Critical Reflection ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Emotional Reactions ◽  
Social Work Research ◽  
Emotional Aspects

Social workers often experience higher levels of burnout compared with other healthcare professionals. The capacity to manage one’s own emotional reactions efficiently, frequently in complex care settings, is central to the role of social workers. This article highlights the complexity of emotions in social work research and practice by exploring the perspective of emotional intelligence. The article is both theoretical and empirical, based on reflections from a qualitative longitudinal study interviewing fathers with behavioural and criminal backgrounds, all in their 40 s. The analysis contains an exploration of the researcher position that illuminates the reflective, emotional aspects that took place within this interview process. Three overall themes emerged – first: Recognising emotional complexity; second: Reflecting on emotional themes; and third: Exploring my own prejudices and preconceptions. The findings apply to both theoretical and practical social work, addressing the need to understand emotions as a central part of critical reflection and reflexivity. The argument is that emotions have the potential to expand awareness of one’s own preconceptions, related to normative societal views. This form of analytical awareness entails identifying and paying attention to one’s own, sometimes embodied, emotional triggers.

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